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Democrats Defend Trump Officials' COVID-19 Response
Newsweek ^ | July 12 2022 | Martin Kulldorff and Jay Bhattacharya

Posted on 07/15/2022 4:38:59 PM PDT by rintintin

With more than one million reported COVID-19 deaths and enormous collateral damage to public health, education, and the economy, our pandemic response was a disaster. Yet some House Democrats are now defending the Trump administration officials responsible for initiating those misguided policies.

Two Trump-appointed officials—former CDC director Robert Redfield and White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx—formally directed the federal response from the start of the pandemic through January 2021. They adopted lockdowns, including school and business closures, as the centerpiece of the national coronavirus response. In a recent report, Democrats on the Congressional Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis defended these Trump officials. In doing so, they reiterated the misunderstandings underpinning the Birx-Redfield-Fauci strategy.

The Trump officials made two fundamental mistakes. First, they failed to prioritize protecting older Americans from a disease that had an infection fatality rate more than a thousand times higher for the elderly than for the young, leading to many unnecessary deaths.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: desantisshill; desantistout; rintinshill; rintintout

1 posted on 07/15/2022 4:38:59 PM PDT by rintintin
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To: rintintin

Somebody accused me of being “Never Trump” because I favor Desantis in 2024.

No, I’m never-Fauci and Never-Birx. Trump gave Birx and Fauci starring roles in the Covid response. Along with so many RINOs and backstab bees that he hired throughout his administration, it made me look for another candidate who can hie good people and promote the MAGA agenda. Desantis fills that bill, IMO


2 posted on 07/15/2022 4:43:54 PM PDT by rintintin (Desantis has a duty to run for president in 2024. We need a competent leader to fight the left)
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To: rintintin
First, they failed to prioritize protecting older Americans from a disease that had an infection fatality rate more than a thousand times higher for the elderly than for the young, leading to many unnecessary deaths.

Cuomo

Whitmer

Newsome

Murphy
3 posted on 07/15/2022 4:47:03 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: rintintin

If people don’t want to go there to this event being an off-planet-driven experiment to destroy God’s creation then they ought to at least wake up this being the most sinister run experiment on humanity in the history of the world. Those who doublt the alien intervention need to ask themselves - what’s driving this nihilistic experience that is taking place on planet earth.


4 posted on 07/15/2022 4:57:31 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: iontheball

I never heard the alien intervention theory, but after what I’ve witnessed over the last 3 years... I don’t discount anything.

So hell, let’s talk about aliens.


5 posted on 07/15/2022 5:03:55 PM PDT by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: rintintin

biden proved the kung flu is a scam when he waltzed into the white house, disbanded trump’s “operation warp speed”, and continues to spread over 2,000,000 (2 million) nondocumented unvaccinated invaders across our country during a supposed “global pandemic” while anthony fauci, the cdc, the nih, the world health organization, the enemedia, hollywierd, and the majority of our elected representatives sit back and watch...


6 posted on 07/15/2022 5:11:14 PM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: rintintin

Fauci has held this public office for decades.

Pretending that Trump brought him upon us, clearly reveals
your animus toward him. We know who you support for 2024,
and it has nothing to do with strengthening the nation.

If DeSantis is ripped out of Florida, it will open Florida
up to serious mischief. If we lose Florida’s electoral
votes, we will never see another Conservative president.

I’ve mentioned this to you before. You’ve blown it off
each time.

Rintintin, you are acting the part of the GOPe/RNC go-to
guy here on Free Republic.

What the hell have the RNC/GOPe ever done for you?

In short, they have done the same things for you that they
did for McCain, Cheney, Snow, Romney...

Trump has a proven track record. He accomplished a hell
of a lot during his term in office.

None the less you attack him with what you think are
terrible charges, which blow up in your face over and
over again.

Roe vs Wade was just overturned. Several very important
gun rights decisions have also come down. They did so
because Trump made appointments that led to them.

For heaven’s sake, quit helping our enemies.

Trump accomplishments:

https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/trump-administration-accomplishments/


7 posted on 07/15/2022 5:13:01 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which stands.)
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To: rintintin

“Trump officials”, eh? Biden could fire then right now if he wanted to. He could have shown them the door January 2021... These are Biden officials.


8 posted on 07/15/2022 5:19:46 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: rintintin

He needs to stay in Fl for at least another term to really cement that state as a free state so it will always be red


9 posted on 07/15/2022 5:20:44 PM PDT by roving (Blue Lives Matter More Than Children)
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To: rintintin

with out a doubt FL’s covid response was spot on.

the federal one? not so much.


10 posted on 07/15/2022 5:27:42 PM PDT by cableguymn
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To: God luvs America

Wolf

Walz

Baker


11 posted on 07/15/2022 5:48:10 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: All

For those of you who don’t recognize the author’s names, they are 2 of the 3 primary authors of the Great Barrington declaration.


12 posted on 07/15/2022 6:17:16 PM PDT by pluvmantelo (Like a beast with his horn I have torn everyone who reached out for me)
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To: iontheball
...what’s driving this nihilistic experience that is taking place on planet earth.

Satan.
He hates people, and wants to increase misery and to keep people's eyes off of Christ.

2Th 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
2Th 2:10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.
2Th 2:11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
2Th 2:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

13 posted on 07/15/2022 6:18:09 PM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: rintintin

“Desantis fills that bill, IMO”

According to War Room yesterday, DeSantis is getting financial support for his campaign from some suspicious people and organizations. Big pharma is one. Another is a fat cat never-Trumper whose name I can’t recall now.


14 posted on 07/15/2022 6:56:22 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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